Garcia makes Tour de France Femmes history at 41
The Liv-AlUla-Jayco cyclist boldly opted for a solo break with 10km remaining and opened up a gap of around 20 seconds to the chasing peloton.
Garcia held her nerve through the final climb of the 110.4km between Brest and Quimper to seal the first stage victory of her career.
At 41 years, six months and 25 days, Garcia is the oldest competitor on this year's Tour and her feat surpassed Annemiek van Vleuten's record - set in 2022 when she was 39 - as the event's oldest stage winner.
Dutch rider Lorena Wiebes finished second, while Kim Le Court Pienaar of Mauritius took third place and the overall leader's yellow jersey from Marianne Vos.
Monday's third stage takes place between La Gacilly and Angers and covers 163.5km.
Stage two results
1. Mavi Garcia (Esp/Liv-Alula-Jayco) 2hr 44mins 26secs
2. Lorena Wiebes (Ned/SD Worx-Protime) +3secs
3. Kim Le Court Pienaar (Mau/AG Insurance-Soudal) same time
4. Liane Lippert (Ger/Movistar) same time
5. Marianne Vos (Ned/Visma-Lease a Bike) same time
6. Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney (Pol/Canyon-SRAM-zondacrypto) same time
7. Demi Vollering (Ned/FDJ-SUEZ) same time
8. Pauline Ferrand-Prevot (Fra/Visma-Lease a Bike) same time
9. Puck Pieterse (Ned/Fenix-Deceuninck) same time
10. Anna van der Breggen (Ned/SD Worx-Protime) same time
General classification after stage two
1. Kim Le Court Pienaar (Mau/AG Insurance-Soudal) 4hr 37mins 25secs
2. Marianne Vos (Ned/Visma-Lease a Bike) same time
3. Pauline Ferrand-Prevot (Fra/Visma-Lease a Bike) +6secs
4. Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney (Pol/Canyon-SRAM-zondacrypto) +10secs
5. Demi Vollering (Ned/FDJ-SUEZ) +13secs
6. Puck Pieterse (Ned/Fenix-Deceuninck) +15secs
7. Anna van der Breggen (Ned/SD Worx-Protime) same time
8. Pauliena Rooijakkers (Ned/Fenix-Deceuninck) +19secs
9. Niamh Fisher-Black (NZ/Lidl-Trek) same time
10. Chloe Dygert (USA/Canyon-SRAM-zondacrypto) same time
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